Calypso Craze: 1956–57 and BeyondCalypso Craze: 1956–57 and Beyond
Calypso Craze: 1956–57 and Beyond

Calypso Craze: 1956–57 and Beyond

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 29 August 2014
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: Before the Craze: Calypso Hits of the 1930s, 40s, and Early 50s
  • 1
    Marry an Ugly Woman
    The Lion
    3:00
  • 2
    Edward the VIII
    The Caresser
    3:06
  • 3
    Roosevelt in Trinidad
    Atilla the Hun
    2:34
  • 4
    Guests of Rudy Vallee
    The Lion & Atilla the Hun
    2:52
  • 5
    Matilda
    King Radio
    2:45
  • 6
    He Had It Coming
    Wilmoth Houdini
    2:48
  • 7
    Sing a Tropical Song
    The Andrews Sisters
    2:50
  • 8
    Rum and Coca Cola
    The Andrews Sisters
    3:09
  • 9
    Scandal in the Family
    Sir Lancelot
    3:04
  • 10
    The Century of the Common Man
    Sir Lancelot
    1:54
  • 11
    Old Lady With a Rolling Pin
    Sir Lancelot
    2:48
  • 12
    Mary Ann
    Lord Invader, Armando Castro & Joe Davis
    2:40
  • 13
    Calypsonian Invasion
    The Duke of Iron
    3:24
  • 14
    Jackie Robinson
    Lord Invader
    2:41
  • 15
    Run Joe
    Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
    3:24
  • 16
    Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
    Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
    2:43
  • 17
    Cab Calloway
    Macbeth the Great
    3:18
  • 18
    Cold in de Winter
    Lloyd Prince Thomas
    2:56
  • 19
    Is She Is, or Is She Ain’t
    The Charmer
    2:29
  • 20
    His Feet Too Big for de Bed
    Stan Kenton & June Christy
    2:16
  • 21
    Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell
    Eartha Kitt
    2:48
  • 22
    Calypso Blues
    Nat King Cole
    3:02
  • 23
    Last Train
    The Duke of Iron
    3:08
  • 24
    Labor Day Carnival (Jump in the Line)
    Lord Invader
    2:01
  • 25
    Chicago, Chicago
    Lord Invader
    3:07
  • 26
    Parakeets
    The Duke of Iron
    3:05
  • 27
    Prisoner Arise (Prizonaire Levé)
    The Duke of Iron
    2:25
  • 28
    Hurricane Janet
    Lord Christo
    3:09
  • 29
    Big Bamboo
    Mighty Panther
    4:22
  • 30
    Hacienda Hotel Radio Advertisement
    Sir Lancelot
    1:09
  • CD 2: Belafonte and Calypso – Before and After Calypso
  • 1
    Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
    Harry Belafonte
    2:38
  • 2
    Matilda
    Harry Belafonte
    2:32
  • 3
    Hold ’Em Joe
    Harry Belafonte
    2:39
  • 4
    Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)
    Harry Belafonte
    3:25
  • 5
    Man Piaba
    Harry Belafonte
    3:34
  • 6
    Jump Down, Spin Around
    Harry Belafonte
    2:04
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    The Banana Boat Song
    Harry Belafonte
    3:11
  • 8
    Jamaica Farewell
    Harry Belafonte
    3:06
    4.8 ★
  • 9
    Brown Skin Girl
    Harry Belafonte
    2:47
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Melda Massi
    Harry Belafonte
    3:16
  • 11
    Come Back Liza
    Harry Belafonte
    3:10
  • 12
    Mary’s Boy Child
    Harry Belafonte
    3:01
  • 13
    Mama Look a Booboo
    Harry Belafonte
    3:03
  • 14
    Coconut Woman
    Harry Belafonte
    3:03
  • 15
    Island in the Sun
    Harry Belafonte
    2:49
  • 16
    Scratch Scratch
    Harry Belafonte
    2:46
  • 17
    Don’t Ever Love Me
    Harry Belafonte
    2:49
  • 18
    Cordelia Brown
    Harry Belafonte
    2:57
  • 19
    Haiti Cheri
    Harry Belafonte
    3:20
  • 20
    Judy Drownded
    Harry Belafonte
    3:30
  • 21
    Lead Man Holler
    Harry Belafonte
    4:18
  • 22
    Sweetheart From Venezuela
    Harry Belafonte
    3:33
    5.0 ★
  • 23
    Gloria
    Harry Belafonte
    3:12
  • 24
    Monkey
    Harry Belafonte
    4:02
  • 25
    Reincarnation
    Harry Belafonte
    3:27
  • 26
    Tongue Tie Baby
    Harry Belafonte
    4:12
  • 27
    Don’t Stop the Carnival
    Harry Belafonte
    5:02
  • CD 3: Calypso Goes Pop (… And R&B, Rock ’n’ Roll, Folk, Country, Comedy, and Jazz)
  • 1
    The Banana Boat Song
    The Tarriers
    2:58
  • 2
    Marianne
    Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders
    2:25
  • 3
    Marianne
    The Hilltoppers
    2:17
  • 4
    Calypso Melody
    David Rose and His Orchestra
    2:41
  • 5
    In de Banana Tree
    The Mills Brothers
    2:34
  • 6
    Calypso Gal
    Richard Hayman
    2:18
  • 7
    Bahama Mama
    The Four Aces feat. Al Alberts
    3:00
  • 8
    Curiosity Calypso
    Ray Gilbert
    2:27
  • 9
    Mangos
    Rosemary Clooney & Frank Comstock
    3:29
  • 10
    Yellow Bird
    The Norman Luboff Choir
    3:26
  • 11
    Calypso Hooray
    Fred Astaire
    2:11
  • 12
    Calypso Joe
    Ray Johnson
    2:36
  • 13
    Freddy’s New Calypso
    Freddie Mitchell
    2:49
  • 14
    When Rock and Roll Come to Trinidad
    Nat King Cole
    2:23
  • 15
    Dancing to the Rock and Rolla (Rum and Coca Cola)
    The Fontane Sisters
    2:12
  • 16
    Calypso Rock & Roll
    The Deeps
    2:26
  • 17
    Calypso Rock
    Davy Dee & The Redcoats
    2:15
  • 18
    Calypso Rock
    Mike Pedicin Quintet
    2:44
  • 19
    Waikiki Farewell
    Stan Wilson
    2:44
  • 20
    (Tell de Batter to) Hit de Long Ball
    Four Happy Fellas
    2:24
  • 21
    Number One
    Hoke Simpson
    2:23
  • 22
    Zombie Jamboree
    The Kingston Trio
    2:59
  • 23
    Calypso Sweetheart
    Hank Snow
    2:22
  • 24
    The Banana Boat Song
    Johnnie and Jack
    2:15
  • 25
    Let’s Go Calypso
    Rusty Draper
    2:20
  • 26
    My Man True to Me
    'Nita, Rita & Ruby
    2:08
  • 27
    The Banana Boat (Day‐O)
    Stan Freberg
    3:31
  • 28
    The Banana Boat Story (The Banana Boat Song)
    Buchanan & Goodman
    2:04
  • 29
    High Society Calypso
    Louis Armstrong
    2:15
  • 30
    Take Me, Take Me
    Hazel Scott
    2:30
  • 31
    Don’t Stop the Carnival
    Sonny Rollins
    6:11
  • 32
    The Safety Song (Make the Last One for the Road a Cup of Coffee)
    Julie Conway
    2:44
  • CD 4: Calypso on Stage and Screen
  • 1
    Tastes Like Strawberries
    Johnny Desmond
    2:31
  • 2
    Rock Calypso Joe
    The Treniers
    2:24
  • 3
    Run Joe
    Maya Angelou
    2:30
  • 4
    Donkey City
    Maya Angelou
    3:01
  • 5
    Scandal in the Family
    Maya Angelou
    2:43
  • 6
    Devil Is a Woman
    Herb Jeffries
    3:16
  • 7
    The Naughty Little Flea
    Lord Flea & His Calypsonians
    2:41
  • 8
    Shake Shake Senora
    Lord Flea & His Calypsonians
    2:29
  • 9
    Calypso Be Bop
    Lord Flea & His Calypsonians
    2:15
  • 10
    Donkey Bray
    Lord Flea
    2:17
  • 11
    Calypso Rock
    The Mary Kaye Trio
    2:12
  • 12
    Fire Down Below
    Jeri Southern
    2:40
  • 13
    What Is This Generation Coming To?
    Robert Mitchum
    2:43
  • 14
    Jean and Dinah
    Robert Mitchum
    2:45
  • 15
    Don’t Hurry Worry Me
    Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders
    2:14
  • 16
    Go, Go, Calypso!
    Mamie Van Doren
    2:34
  • 17
    Technique
    Pat Boone
    2:30
  • 18
    Mama Look a Booboo (Boo Boo Man)
    Calypso Carnival feat.King Flash
    2:35
  • 19
    Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree
    Enid Mosier & Her Trinidad Steel Band
    2:12
  • 20
    Boys Days
    Enid Mosier & Her Trinidad Steel Band
    3:12
  • 21
    Yankee Dollar
    Josephine Premice
    2:29
  • 22
    Leave de Atom Alone
    Josephine Premice
    3:35
  • 23
    The Bottle Imp
    Geoffrey Holder
    3:01
  • 24
    Sugar Cane
    Geoffrey Holder
    2:30
  • 25
    Stew Pig Knuckles
    Charles MacNiles
    3:37
  • 26
    Wedding Bell Calypso (Man Talk Too Much)
    Fess Parker
    2:44
  • 27
    Calypso Dance
    Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
    2:37
  • 28
    Limbo
    The Diamonds
    2:35
  • 29
    Limbo
    Roger "King" Mozian & El Boy
    2:42
  • 30
    Chalypso
    Billy Duke & Dukes
    2:14
  • CD 5: Calypso ‘Across the Pond’: The Calypso Craze in England
  • 1
    Chocolate Whiskey and Vanilla Gin
    Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra
    2:28
  • 2
    Day Dah Light (Banana Loaders’ Song)
    Edric Connor
    2:03
  • 3
    London Is the Place for Me
    Lord Kitchener
    2:42
  • 4
    Kitch (Small Comb, Scratch Me Head)
    Lord Kitchener
    3:14
  • 5
    Food From the West Indies
    Lord Kitchener
    2:47
  • 6
    The Underground Train
    Lord Kitchener
    2:53
  • 7
    Tick! Tick! (The Story of the Lost Watch)
    The Lion
    2:55
  • 8
    Victory Test Match
    Lord Beginner
    2:57
  • 9
    John Goddard
    Lord Beginner
    2:57
  • 10
    Manchester United Calypso
    Edric Connor
    2:49
  • 11
    Kitch’s Bebop Calypso
    Lord Kitchener
    2:40
  • 12
    Is Trouble
    Lord Kitchener
    2:53
  • 13
    Chinese Children
    The Mighty Terror
    3:01
  • 14
    Patricia Gone With Millicent
    The Mighty Terror
    2:55
  • 15
    No Carnival in Britain
    The Mighty Terror
    3:04
  • 16
    Brown Skin Gal
    The Mighty Terror
    2:37
  • 17
    Prince Rainer
    Lord Invader
    3:22
  • 18
    My Experience on the Reeperbahn
    Lord Invader
    2:36
  • 19
    Woman Is a Man’s Best Friend
    George Browne
    2:42
  • 20
    Liberia
    Bliff Radie Byne
    2:23
  • 21
    Last Train to San Fernando
    Johnny Duncan & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:29
  • 22
    Sweetie Charlie
    Frank Holder
    2:11
  • 23
    Coffee Bar Calypso
    Maxine Daniels
    2:36
  • 24
    Gossip Calypso
    Bernard Cribbins
    2:09
  • 25
    Shame and Scandal in the Family
    Lance Percival
    2:18
  • CD 6: Mondo Calypso: The Calypso Craze in the Circum‐Caribbean and Around the World
  • 1
    Atomic Nightmare
    The Talbot Brothers
    2:36
  • 2
    Don’t You Call Me Boo Boo
    The Talbot Brothers
    2:49
  • 3
    Collegiate Invasion
    Sidney Bean and His Trio
    2:33
  • 4
    Green Ticket
    Hubert Smith & His Coral Islanders
    2:29
  • 5
    Right Side of the Road
    Hubert Smith & His Coral Islanders
    1:59
  • 6
    Don’t Touch Me Tomato
    The Goombay Kings
    2:19
  • 7
    Calypso Island
    The Eloise Trio
    3:18
  • 8
    Run, Come See Jerusalem
    Blind Blake
    2:57
  • 9
    Delia’s Gone
    Blind Blake
    2:51
  • 10
    Hold ’Em Joe
    Lord Foodoos & His Calypso Band
    3:22
  • 11
    Calypso Cha Cha Cha
    Count Lasher & His Calypsonians
    2:53
  • 12
    Don’t Blame It on Elvis
    The Fabulous McClevertys
    2:34
  • 13
    I Like Ike
    The Mighty Zebra
    3:03
  • 14
    Scandal in St. Thomas
    The Mighty Zebra
    2:57
  • 15
    Vim, Vigor and Vitality
    The La Motta Brothers & The Virgin Islanders
    2:28
  • 16
    Calypso Joe
    Luis Amando
    2:45
  • 17
    Calypso Man
    Pérez Prado & The Jays
    2:25
  • 18
    Jack, Jack, Jack
    El Boy
    1:55
  • 19
    Calypso Blues
    Tito Puente feat. The Versatones
    2:57
  • 20
    Matilda
    Cuarteto d’Aida
    2:42
  • 21
    Weekend News
    The Caresser
    1:58
  • 22
    Atomic Energy
    The Caresser
    2:57
  • 23
    Nescafe Calypso
    Max Woiski & Seine Band
    5:03
  • 24
    Limbo
    Nina & Frederik
    1:49
  • 25
    Ramadin
    Trinidad Steel Drum Band
    2:41
  • 26
    Ugly Girls Have Pretty Names
    Gérard La Viny & Joseph Clemendore
    3:34
  • 27
    Mama Ist Aus Kuba
    Alice Babs
    2:58
  • 28
    The Banana Boat Song
    Michiko Hamamura
    3:05
  • 29
    If You Wanna Be Happy
    Jimmy Soul
    2:21
    2.9 ★

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